Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud
Most current research in cloud forensics is focused on tackling the challenges encountered by forensic investigators in identifying and recovering artifacts from cloud devices. These challenges arise from the diverse array of cloud service providers as each has its distinct rules, guidelines, and re...
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| author | Abdulghani Ali Ahmed Khalid Farhan Mohd Izuan Hafez Ninggal Ghadir Alselwi |
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| description | Most current research in cloud forensics is focused on tackling the challenges encountered by forensic investigators in identifying and recovering artifacts from cloud devices. These challenges arise from the diverse array of cloud service providers as each has its distinct rules, guidelines, and requirements. This research proposes an investigation technique for identifying and locating data remnants in two main stages: artefact collection and evidence identification. In the artefacts collection stage, the proposed technique determines the location of the artefacts in cloud storage and collects them for further investigation in the next stage. In the evidence identification stage, the collected artefacts are investigated to identify the evidence relevant to the cybercrime currently being investigated. These two stages perform an integrated process for mitigating the difficulty of locating the artefacts and reducing the time of identifying the relevant evidence. The proposed technique is implemented and tested by applying a forensics investigation algorithm on Sync.com cloud storage using the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1757b5b097fd4b15a96e11a70c65807e2025-01-10T13:20:53ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-12-0125110610.3390/s25010106Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com CloudAbdulghani Ali Ahmed0Khalid Farhan1Mohd Izuan Hafez Ninggal2Ghadir Alselwi3School of Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UKSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaFaculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, MalaysiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaMost current research in cloud forensics is focused on tackling the challenges encountered by forensic investigators in identifying and recovering artifacts from cloud devices. These challenges arise from the diverse array of cloud service providers as each has its distinct rules, guidelines, and requirements. This research proposes an investigation technique for identifying and locating data remnants in two main stages: artefact collection and evidence identification. In the artefacts collection stage, the proposed technique determines the location of the artefacts in cloud storage and collects them for further investigation in the next stage. In the evidence identification stage, the collected artefacts are investigated to identify the evidence relevant to the cybercrime currently being investigated. These two stages perform an integrated process for mitigating the difficulty of locating the artefacts and reducing the time of identifying the relevant evidence. The proposed technique is implemented and tested by applying a forensics investigation algorithm on Sync.com cloud storage using the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/106cloud forensicscloud company servicesweb browserSync.com clouddigital forensiccyber investigation |
| spellingShingle | Abdulghani Ali Ahmed Khalid Farhan Mohd Izuan Hafez Ninggal Ghadir Alselwi Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud Sensors cloud forensics cloud company services web browser Sync.com cloud digital forensic cyber investigation |
| title | Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud |
| title_full | Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud |
| title_fullStr | Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud |
| title_short | Retrieving and Identifying Remnants of Artefacts on Local Devices Using Sync.com Cloud |
| title_sort | retrieving and identifying remnants of artefacts on local devices using sync com cloud |
| topic | cloud forensics cloud company services web browser Sync.com cloud digital forensic cyber investigation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/106 |
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